Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
On one hand, Europe isn’t helping the US in the Strait with naval power because of Trump’s atrocious behavior toward Europe. On the other hand, Europe has let their navies so atrophy, that they have no ships to send!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DJEwQueYro
The Littoral Combat Ship sucks for so many reasons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djXMmr1Na_A
The US could start capturing Iran’s merchant ships to put pressure on the government to make a favorable peace.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyYCln09fgs
Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz is limited, but not closed. In the Red Sea, shipping could go a longer way around, but there is no alternative route for shipping in and out of the Persian gulf. This will likely increase the price of oil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcdNGlbep1M
Could Iran hit US Air and Naval forces?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yiv3QkQIYZs
Iran could hit a US carrier with a hypersonic missile, but hitting a moving carrier and not getting shot down while the missile itself it moving and partially blinded by the plasma created by its extreme speeds…is very difficult, and it’s not clear how many of these missiles Iran has, or if they work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcCqcSrIn9g
Busting the 15 BIGGEST military tech MYTHS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LCP8aGeiKE
The Tanker War & Shadow Fleet – U.S. Ship Seizures, Ukrainian Attacks & Russia’s Gambit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux3b00jo1iQ
Why U.S Navy SEALs Just hit Russia’s Shadow Fleet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dopbvNi538A
Larger ships are vulnerable to modern weapons. With a larger ship, you have more eggs in one basket. If the enemy takes out that one ship, you’ve lost a lot of firepower. Even with anti-missile and anti-drone defenses, the enemy only needs one good hit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvUbx9TvOwk